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δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ὑμῖν ὅτι Σοδόμοις ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

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Preposition meaning “in”. τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀνεκτότερον ἔσταιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

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εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἢ τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article πόλει ἐκείνῃ.